Openly Gay Liberal Hero George Takei Accused of Sexual Assault

George Takei, the actor who played Commander Sulu on the original “Star Trek” and has become better known in recent years as a social media activist for liberal causes and gay rights, has been accused of sexually assaulting a former male model in 1981, it was reported Friday.

Takei, who is openly gay, allegedly assaulted Scott R. Brunton after a night out together, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

“This happened a long time ago, but I have never forgotten it,” Brunton told the publication. “It is one of those stories you tell with a group of people when people are recounting bizarre instances in their lives, this always comes up. I have been telling it for years, but I am suddenly very nervous telling it.”

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Brunton, then 23, says he met Takei, then in his early 40s, at a Hollywood bar. They exchanged numbers and would occasionally run into each other at bars. The assault, Brunton said, came after he broke up with a boyfriend.

“(Takei) said, ‘Let me know what your new number is’ and I did. And not long after we broke up and I moved out, George called me,” Brunton told the publication. He said Takei invited him to dinner and a night at the theater, which Brunton accepted.

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“He was very good at consoling me and understanding that I was upset and still in love with my boyfriend,” Brunton said. “He was a great ear. He was very good about me spilling my heart on my sleeve.”

After the theater, Brunton went back to Takei’s condo for a drink.

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“We have the drink and he asks if I would like another,” Brunton said.

“And I said, ‘sure.’ So, I have the second one, and then all of a sudden, I begin feeling very disoriented and dizzy, and I thought I was going to pass out. I said I need to sit down and he said sit over here and he had the giant yellow beanbag chair. So I sat down in that and leaned my head back and I must have passed out.”

“The next thing I remember I was coming to and he had my pants down around my ankles and he was groping my crotch and trying to get my underwear off and feeling me up at the same time, trying to get his hands down my underwear,” Brunton recalled.

“I came to and said, ‘What are you doing?!’ I said, ‘I don’t want to do this.’ He goes, ‘You need to relax. I am just trying to make you comfortable. Get comfortable.’ And I said, ‘No. I don’t want to do this.’ And I pushed him off and he said, ‘OK, fine.’ And I said I am going to go and he said, ‘If you feel you must. You’re in no condition to drive.’ I said, ‘I don’t care I want to go.’ So I managed to get my pants up and compose myself and I was just shocked. I walked out and went to my car until I felt well enough to drive home, and that was that.”

The Hollywood Reporter said it independently confirmed with four friends of Brunton’s that he confided the story to them years ago.

However, Brunton decided to come forward after Takei’s statement in the wake of allegations involving Kevin Spacey.

“When power is used in a non-consensual situation, it is a wrong,” Takei told The Hollywood Reporter on Oct. 30.

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“For (alleged Spacey victim) Anthony Rapp, he has had to live with the memory of this experience of decades ago. For Kevin Spacey, who claims not to remember the incident, he was the older, dominant one who had his way. Men who improperly harass or assault do not do so because they are gay or straight — that is a deflection. They do so because they have the power, and they chose to abuse it.“

According to The Wrap, a spokesman for Takei said he was in Japan for the premiere of a movie and was not available for comment.

However, Takei’s social media accounts were still active with posts. Curiously, there was not about anything pertinent to the alleged assault.

While I’m sure these were not written by Mr. Takei, one might think this would be a good opportunity to stop the paid posts and at least issue a denial — if there is to be one forthcoming, that is.

This isn’t the first time Takei has found himself in trouble this year, either. In the wake of the Milo Yiannopoulos scandal, an old interview of Takei speaking glowingly about his experience being molested as a teenager resurfaced and made the rounds on social media.

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